If you omit it, your application will be denied. 1  Full name â Your Surname and Given Name(s) as they appear on your landing paper or on your previous PR Card. 2  Date of birth â Your date of birth in YYY-MM-DD format. 3  Height â Your height in centimetres or feet and inches, as it is listed on your previous PR Card.
1 Alum powder, found in the spice section of many grocery stores, may be used in pickling recipes as a preservative to maintain fruit and vegetable crispness. 2  Alum is used as the acidic component of some commercial baking powders. 3  Alum was used by bakers in England during the 1800s to make bread whiter.n Alum Block sold as an astringent in pharmacies in India. 1  Alum in block form (usually potassium alum) can be used as a blood coagulant. 2  Styptic pencils containing aluminium sulfate or potassium aluminium sulfate are used as astringents to prevent bleeding from small shaving cuts.
Types of Alum. 1  Potassium Alum. 2  Potassium alum is also known as potash alum or tawas. 3  It is aluminum potassium sulfate. 4  This is the type of alum that you find in the grocery store for pickling and in baking powder. Soda alum has the formula NaAl(SO 4) 2 Â·12H 2 O. It is used in baking powder and as an acidulent in food. 2  Ammonium Alum. 3  Ammonium alum has the formula NH 4 Al(SO 4) 2 Â·12H 2 O. Ammonium alum is used for many of the same purposes as potassium alum and soda alum.